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Scotland: Jobs site to target Highlands

ANGELA PATERSON, an entrepreneurial businesswoman, loves the wide open spaces of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Over the past two years she has worked with dozens of businesses and local authorities in the region, helping them find the right people.

But Paterson, who is 37 and originally from Perthshire, was aware of a huge gulf between perception and reality when it came to finding the best candidates.

So she set up www.HiJobs.co.uk, a new business based in Inverness, that will inform people of the increasing range of specialist opportunities in the north. The website will be launched on August 1.

“Nobody south of Stirling seemed to have a clue about the opportunities in the north of Scotland and the Islands,” said Paterson, “but the Highlands now have some of the most sought-after technology jobs in UK — if not Europe.